First Trailer and Poster for RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 14th, 2011
Fox has released the first trailer for Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I’m a bit disappointed by the take I’m seeing it but I’ll admit that an Apes movie is an incredibly tough sell. The movie looks far more action-oriented and I was hoping for a moral story involving James Franco’s character and the main ape Caesar (played by Andy Serkis using motion capture) that seems only hinted at in this teaser. Finally, I don’t think people really care where their special effects come from and while I know that WETA is a fine effects company, people didn’t walk away from Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes remake thinking “Wow! ILM really did a bang-up job with those effects!” I know people respond to action, but having an ape towering over your bed and watching you sleep just looks silly.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer and poster. The film also stars, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, and Tom Felton. Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens August 5th.
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Watch the First Video Blog From the Set of THE HOBBIT
by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub Posted: April 14th, 2011
Peter Jackson has posted his first video blog from the set of The Hobbit and if you’re a fan of Lord of the Rings, you’re about to be very happy. Included in the ten minute blog are the soundstages (including Bag End, Rivendell, and another set you might know…) the costume department, and you can watch as Jackson blocks a scene with Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and a huge number of Dwarfs. In addition to everything I’ve already mentioned, just hearing Jackson talk about being back in Middle Earth and hearing the music made me so happy. As many of you might know, the Lord of the Rings movies are some of my favorite films of all time. The fact that we’re getting two Hobbit movies and it’s the same team of people behind the scenes, I cannot fully express how excited I am to see these films. If you’re a LOTR fan, you really want to hit the jump.
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NSFW Trailer and Image for Cannes’ Selection SLEEPING BEAUTY Starring Emily Browning
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 14th, 2011
As we just reported, the selections for this year’s Cannes Film Festival have been announced. Among this year’s selections is Julia Leigh’s dark psychosexual drama Sleeping Beauty. How dark is the film? Well here’s what he heard the synopsis was last year: “a haunting erotic fairy tale about a student who drifts into prostitution and finds her niche as a woman who sleeps, drugged, in a ‘Sleeping Beauty chamber’ while men do to her what she can’t remember the next morning.”
The trailer has some striking imagery and I’m intrigued by the unnerving premise. Hit the jump to check out the trailer along with some images from the film. The 2011 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11 – 22nd.
New Images for THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Starring Sean Penn and MISS BALA
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 14th, 2011
New images have been released for the Cannes selections This Must Be the Place starring Sean Penn and Miss Bala. This Must Be the Place follows an aging rock star (Penn) who picks up his father’s mission to hunt down a Nazi war criminal. As for Miss Bala, no synopsis has been supplied but we’ll provide one as soon as we get it. In the meantime, the image from the film leads me to believe that Miss Bala is a harrowing drama about a woman struggling to fix her car’s windshield.
Hit the jump to check out the images. The 2011 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11 – 22nd.
